Shakespeare Magazine 04
The fourth issue of Shakespeare Magazine celebrates Shakespeare's London (with guest appearances from Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Shakespeare in Love). Also this issue: Shakespeare in the mountains of California, New York's Shakespeare rapper and a plethora of Shakespeare Disasters.
The fourth issue of Shakespeare Magazine celebrates Shakespeare's London (with guest appearances from Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Shakespeare in Love). Also this issue: Shakespeare in the mountains of California, New York's Shakespeare rapper and a plethora of Shakespeare Disasters.
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Welcome <br />
Welcome<br />
to Issue 4 of <strong>Shakespeare</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
The whole point of this magazine is that William<br />
<strong>Shakespeare</strong> belongs to the world. London, however,<br />
will always feel like a city with a special claim to<br />
ownership of the Bard.<br />
He wasn’t born there, of course – take a bow, Stratford-upon-Avon.<br />
But it’s in England’s capital city that he first made his name as a bloke<br />
who could “bombast out a blank verse”, to quote Robert Greene’s<br />
infamous literary put-down. Four centuries later, London is the world’s<br />
favourite mega-city and <strong>Shakespeare</strong> is the world’s favourite mega-poet.<br />
“How could it possibly be otherwise?” you’ll doubtless be thinking. If<br />
you’ve ever lived in London, that is.<br />
And so, this issue we’re celebrating <strong>Shakespeare</strong> and London. Our<br />
cover, you’ll have noticed, features three present-day <strong>Shakespeare</strong> stars<br />
who’ve been known to set the city alight. Tom Hiddleston (who played<br />
Coriolanus earlier this year), Benedict Cumberbatch (whose Hamlet is<br />
next year’s hottest ticket) and Martin Freeman (whose Richard III was<br />
the sensation of the summer).<br />
Enjoy your magazine.<br />
Pat Reid, Founder & Editor<br />
Photo: David Hammonds<br />
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